It cant have escaped your attention that alongside LCD Soundsystem, the classic line-up of Guns N Roses have reformed and are set to headline this years Coachella festival in California. Its long been rumoured that this would happen, but its still a huge surprise to see it confirmed. Remember, this is a band who have hated each others guts for two decades, and in 2009, Axl Rose even went as far as telling Billboard that what's clear is that one of the two of us will die before a reunion. But such a thing has not happened, and the one question on everyones lips is So... how will it go? The honest answer is that things are delicately balanced. Seeing that line-up playing those songs could be amazing... if they can keep it together. And thats a really big if. The animosity that kept the band apart for two decades surely cant be far below the surface, and if it boils over, things could go downhill, and fast. Only time will tell if their reunion will be a triumph or an unmitigated disaster, but in the meantime, here are the reasons why it could go either way.
5 Ways It Could Be Amazing...
5. Welcome To The Jungle Is Going To Sound Phenomenal
Picture the scene. The date is April 16th 2016, and the original line-up of Guns N Roses have just walked out on stage at Coachella for their first show together in almost 23 years. The crowd are going wild, the lights dim, and a spotlight trains on Axl. He screams You know where you are Coachella!? You in the jungle baby! Then Slash steps forward, takes one look at the crowd before playing those unmistakable opening notes of the incredible first song off one of the greatest debut albums ever recorded, Appetite For Destruction Even just imagining how amazing Welcome To The Jungle is going to sound is spine-tingling, but the reality has the possibility of being practically transcendental. Therell be no Buckethead, a man who looked like he lost a fight with a KFC representative, and (hopefully) there wont be any of the six people who have taken over six-string duties since the band became an Axl Rose-led dictatorship. Instead, that majorly iconic part of the song will be fired out by Slash, the man who wrote it, and the only one who can truly do it justice. The intro is only 32 seconds long, but get it right and the chance of everything else falling into place is so much higher.